A backlash against data centers has triggered laws in Arizona, Georgia, and other parts of the US to restrain the rapidly growing, energy-intensive industry
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post : X: @postlocal , @paula_in_pwc , @montroseva , @jessefelder , @postlocal , and @postlocal X: @postlocal : Despite being a major source of tax revenue, there are concerns about impacts on the nation's electric grid, with data centers consuming as much as 50 times more electricity than a typical office building, according to the Department of Energy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Paula Daly / @paula_in_pwc : As NOVA localities and some states take action to control Data Centers, Google will spend $1B on expansion in PWC and Loudoun Counties. Unanswered: Power demands, sources and location of hundreds of miles of transmission lines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Gray Montrose / @montroseva : “They don't really bring any jobs, the taxation levels were lowered to the point where they don't really bring a fiscal benefit, and they require an enormous amount of power,” As internet data centers multiply, efforts to control them are growing - WaPo https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jesse Felder / @jessefelder : 'In Northern Virginia, home to the world's largest concentration of data center buildings, Prince William County last week increased its tax rate on the equipment inside data centers by 72%, a response to complaints about too many being built there.' https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @postlocal : Neighboring Loudoun County is moving to keep the buildings away from homes and some commercial corridors, in part by making all data center projects subject to the county board's review. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @postlocal : Such impacts have placed the data center industry under greater scrutiny, even as many communities continue to woo data center companies as a source of economic development. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...